Storms News
December 12, 2024
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Dec. 5, 2024 Colorful auroras appeared around Japan's Honshu and Hokkaido islands on May 11, 2024, sparked by an intense magnetic storm. Usually, auroras observed at low latitudes appear red due to the emission ...
Nov. 21, 2024 A new study estimates that a 1-meter sea level rise by 2100 would affect over 14 million people and $1 trillion worth of property along the Southeast Atlantic ...
Nov. 19, 2024 Researchers employ machine learning to more accurately model the boundary layer wind field of tropical cyclones. Conventional approaches to storm forecasting involve large numerical simulations run on supercomputers incorporating mountains of ...
Nov. 6, 2024 Researchers used biologging technology to analyse movements, activity patterns and eating habits of two species of Southern Ocean albatrosses to see how they responded to extreme weather. The study found that despite albatrosses' adaptation to use ...
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Oct. 17, 2024 A collaboration between is improving hurricane forecasting by incorporating the effects of sea spray into the models that predict hurricane ...
Oct. 10, 2024 When lightning cracks on Earth, especially high-energy electrons may fall out of Earth's inner radiation belt, according to a new study -- an electron 'rain' that could threaten satellites, and even ...
Oct. 2, 2024 Researchers have known for several decades that thunderstorms can act as miniature particle accelerators that produce antimatter, gamma rays and other nuclear phenomena. But they did not know how ...
Oct. 2, 2024 U.S. tropical cyclones, including hurricanes, indirectly cause thousands of deaths for nearly 15 years after a storm. Researchers estimate an average U.S. tropical cyclone indirectly causes 7,000 to ...
Sep. 13, 2024 The common practice of building dams to prevent flooding can actually contribute to more intense coastal flood events, according to a new study. By analyzing data and measurements from Charleston ...
Sep. 10, 2024 Summer storms are generally more frequent, intense and concentrated over cities than over rural areas, according to new, detailed observations of eight cities and their surroundings. The results ...
Aug. 16, 2024 Two scientists discovered a new type of 'whistler,' an electromagnetic wave that carries a substantial amount of lightning energy to the Earth's ...
Aug. 16, 2024 On May 11, a gorgeous aurora surprised stargazers across the southern United States. That same weekend, a tractor guided by GPS missed its mark. What ...
Aug. 16, 2024 Researchers are measuring and scanning samples for a global 'hailstone library'. Storm simulations using 3-D modelling of real hailstones -- in all sorts of weird shapes from oblong to flat discs or ...
July 31, 2024 A study reveals that tropical cyclones in Southeast Asia are now forming closer to coastlines, intensifying more rapidly, and lingering longer over ...
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July 24, 2024 New research underscores the close relationship between dust plumes transported from the Sahara Desert in Africa, and rainfall from tropical cyclones along the U.S. Gulf Coast and ...
July 19, 2024 Space storms could soon be forecasted with greater accuracy than ever before thanks to a big leap forward in our understanding of exactly when a violent solar eruption may hit Earth. Scientists say ...
July 16, 2024 A new study reveals that Storm Ciaran cut an invisible path of mayhem across southern Britain last autumn, destroying any possibility that 20 million people could have a proper cup of tea at ...
July 9, 2024 A new study reveals that the rare Desertas Petrels (Pterodroma deserta), a wide-ranging seabird in the North Atlantic, exhibit unique foraging behaviors during hurricane season. Contrary to other ...
July 2, 2024 The release in July 2024 of the blockbuster film Twisters (centred around a social-media celebrity storm-chaser) demonstrates an ongoing public fascination in hazards and extreme weather. The arrival ...
June 27, 2024 Across the Midwest during the warmer months, studying the sky for signs of storms and tornadoes becomes one of the most popular pastimes. Working at the intersection of climate science and ...
June 21, 2024 Inland seas around the world are drying up due to increasing human water use and accelerating climate change, and their desiccation is releasing harmful dust that pollutes the surrounding areas ...
June 17, 2024 Forecasters can use images in social media to better communicate weather related hazards of hurricanes, according to a pair of new ...
June 10, 2024 The researchers say 3D visualization of hurricanes and storm surges allows them to understand how flooding will impact coastal communities by allowing them to vividly see how each building and road ...
Apr. 29, 2024 Using aerial imagery data and LiDAR, a study remotely identified the hardest-hit areas of Southwest Florida's Estero Island in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. Researchers estimated the extent of ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Many American companies are relying on carbon offsets to reduce their carbon footprint, especially those who have pledged to achieve 'net-zero emissions.' Sequestering carbon in forests is ...
Apr. 24, 2024 Researchers have created a coastal evolution model to analyze how coastal management activities on barrier islands, meant to adapt to sea-level rise, can disrupt natural processes that are keeping ...
Apr. 22, 2024 The study highlights the rapid progress and transformative potential of AI in weather ...
Apr. 4, 2024 A research group was able to measure a spike in radiocarbon concentration of trees in Lapland that occurred after the Carrington flare. This discovery helps to prepare for dangerous solar ...
Mar. 26, 2024 A study is the first to evaluate substrate recolonization by sponges in the U.S. Virgin Islands after two catastrophic storms using genetic analyses to understand how much clonality verses sexual ...
Mar. 11, 2024 Winter storms known as western disturbances that provide crucial snow and rainfall to northern India are arriving significantly later in the ...
Mar. 1, 2024 Large scale-power outages caused by tropical cyclones can be prevented almost entirely if a small but critical set of power lines is protected against storm damages, a new study finds. Scientists ...
Feb. 28, 2024 Thousands of historic and archaeological sites in Georgia are at risk from tropical storm surges, and that number will increase with climate change, according to a new ...
Feb. 25, 2024 Understanding cloud patterns in our changing climate is essential to making accurate predictions about their impact on society and nature. Scientists published a new study that uses a high-resolution ...
Feb. 22, 2024 If storms become stronger in the future due to climate change, more nitrogen may be released from the bottom of coastal ...
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- Hurricanes Jeopardize Carbon-Storing New England Forests
- Shoreline Model Predicts Long-Term Future of Storm Protection and Sea-Level Rise
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- Global Warming Has a Bigger Effect on Compact, Fast-Moving Typhoons
- New Tool Predicts Flood Risk from Hurricanes in a Warming Climate
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- New Extremes in Stratospheric Water Vapor
- New Study Finds 50-Year Trend in Hurricane Escalation Linked to Climate Change
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- AI Could Set a New Bar for Designing Hurricane-Resistant Buildings
- Machine Learning Model Helps Forecasters Improve Confidence in Storm Prediction
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- The World's Atmospheric Rivers Now Have an Intensity Ranking Like Hurricanes
- Underused Satellite, Radar Data May Improve Thunderstorm Forecasts
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- Big Rains Bring Big Algae Blooms ... Eventually
- Seagrass Crucial to Stemming the Tide of Coastal Erosion
- When Cyclones and Fires Collide...
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- Ground-Breaking Research Finds Pelagic Seabirds Fly Into the Eye of the Storm When Faced With Extreme Weather Conditions
- Cosmic Rays Used to Track and Visualize Tropical Cyclones Offer New Perspectives
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- Coarse Sea Spray Keeps Lightning Strikes Away, Study Finds
- Dry Lightning Sparks Some of the Most Destructive and Costly Wildfires in California
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- Kauai's 2018 Record-Setting Rain Caused by a Series of Supercell Thunderstorms
- Study Finds Offshore Wind Could Drive Down Energy Costs in New England, US